Sony downplays FFXIII Xbox 360 deal
"It's not an exclusive on their platform."
PlayStation marketeer Peter Dille believes Final Fantasy XIII going cross-platform is not worth getting upset about.
"What you have with Final Fantasy XIII is a lot like what [Microsoft] paid for with GTA IV. It's not an exclusive on their platform. It's now a cross-platform game," Dille told MTV Multiplayer.
"Consumers responded to GTA IV on the PS3 just as they did on the 360... And I think if you fast forward to when Final Fantasy XIII comes out I think you're going to have millions of people who grew up playing Final Fantasy on the PlayStation playing it on a PlayStation 3.
"They spent a lot of money, I'm sure, to get Final Fantasy onto the 360, but at the end of the day it's on our platform as well."
Dille went on to talk about Microsoft opening the chequebook in order to secure big titles, but argued that developers who want a "global return" from their games will choose PS3.
"If you look at the global footprint, PlayStation 3 dominates in Japan where the 360 is really irrelevant. In Europe, the PlayStation 3 is already past the 360. And in the United States you have a dogfight," added Dille.
"So back to the third-party community, they're looking at what's going on, they're realigning their development resources to exploit PS3 and I think they understand that if they want to have a global return on their investment, PlayStation 3 is the only place they're going to get it."
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MS wasn't really a valid alternative last time around (i.e. you had to have a PS2 as well as an Xbox) but this time its different....
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However they spin it, it's still a massive kick in the spuds
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For people still with neither, he probably has a point.
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Most overrated series ever!! (But that is coming from someone who thinks JRPGs are the most overrated genre ever so maybe a little biased!)
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Personally, I was going to buy a PS3 for FF13, now I dont have to, yet.
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As he said ^^.
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They're not going to shoot themsevles in the foot getting exclusive PS3 games. Cross platform all the way.
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As he said ^^. '
And me.
It really does make me wonder how big effect this will have on what were potential PS3 sales, Microsoft really need to make sure that people know its coming to 360 (much in the style of the GTA4 adverts a saw a lot before release)
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@Bad09
To put it differently: if I wanted to play this or these kind of games, I probably would have bought a PS3. All these JRPG's coming out on 360 have me kinda puzzled.
(This offcourse is a VERY PERSONAL oppinion)
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How in the world of buggering fuck do you know that they had no intention of buying it?
/Takes own advice from other thread and steps back, takes breath and actually goes back to work
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Just a thought and obviously, pure speculation.
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Might "hate" PS3, but doesn't mean they hated PS1/PS2 and the previous Final Fantasy games.
Except for Bad09, but he's entitled to his opinion
/Goes misty-eyed at the thought of playing FF on his PS1, loving it until his memory card lost all his game saves and he had to start from scratch. *Sniffs theatrically, wiping eyes*
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It is safe to assume that the lead at the United States is still bigger than the PlayStation 3-s lead from Japan and Europe, combined.
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? I thought Nintendo was.
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I agree, the world would be a happier place (for me) if there was just the Wii and one other good-graphics console instead of both PS3 & X360. Just so long as they base it on the good one, and not the shit one
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The PS3 has a higher base than the 360? I've got both consoles and i've remained wholly unimpressed with the games that I got with the system and the ones that have subsequently come out on the PS3 compared to the 360. The only reason I have the PS3 now is because it is a "cheap", upgradable Blu-ray player. I don't play games on the PS3 and have very little inclination to start
I wonder how many people own a PS3 primarily as a blu-ray player and not as a gaming system and if those numbers are ever taken into account when Sony talk to developers about getting a return on their money? The 360's installed base is entirely gamer, the PS3's accommodates more than just a gamer.
Either way i don't give a toss and the winners are Square-Enix who spend a lot of money on the franchise and this just means that the FF franchise can move into a new and more expanded market and grow from there. Don't really care about exclusivity and think that console exclusives of games just shows a lack of ambition by many software developers and a draw purely to the cash as opposed to the old days where people wrote games for fun.
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what about those of us who grew up playing final fantasy on the SNES huh?
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Very nice analysis yes but you're forgetting something very importanr! What would have happened if there was NO 360 version AT ALL, the obvious response would be HUGE numbers of PS3s shifting.
Compare the above scenarioi.e. no 360 version at all VS what happened and then we can talk about the REAL impact of GTA. Like you said 60:40 percent split (in the US that is) so that 60% would have gone to PS3 i.e 60% of the number of copies of GTA sold were on 360, if there was no 360 version, those 60% console owners (around 5 million in the US) would have caved in and bought a PS3 for GTA.
I'd say 5 million is a BIG BIG loss of potential consoles sold.
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However, I am pleased that so many prior exclusives are becoming multi-platform. I hate the way console manufacturers buy exclusives, forcing anybody interested in the series to buy their machine at an expense of hundreds of quid. And while this surely works for them in terms of increasing revenue (after all, I bought the Xbox 360 because of the exclusives that appealed to me more than the exclusives on the PS3), it has always seemed morally dubious to me. I mean, I'd like to play certain games on the PS3, such as GT5 if it's ever released, but I don't have the moolah to shell out for another console.
Let's keep breaking down the exclusivity barriers! Get the European Commission to do something about it I guess! They LOVE suing people! They'll sue ANYBODY! For ANYTHING!
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End of the day it's good for 360 owners that they're getting a wider choice of games. Wasn't Bioshock a 360 exclusive not long ago? Isn't that coming to PS3 now? It works both ways. Whatever system you have just enjoy the games that come out for it. More choice is always a good thing
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but.....
ah fuck this...
Sigh again.
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As is PS3.
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Anyway, I was going to get a PS3 for FFXIII, and now I don't have to ever get it for anything. Rock.
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Not really. How many people who are fans of the Final Fantasy series would have a 360 but not a PS3?
The way I see it is fans of the series will get it on the PS3, ''most' people who don't have a PS3 would never have bought it. It's like a 'bonus' to 360 only owners.
Just how many people were holding out on getting a PS3 just for this one game? Not many I would guess.
I have a 360 and a PS3 and I won't be getting it on the 360.
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In the US and UK (the 1st and 3rd biggest national markets for videogames)?
Probably just under half of them. You wait and see.
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After FFX-2 but of course especially after FFXII I wouldn't want to go back to the way things were in the 'old days'. But I'd also be disappointed if Square doesn't fill up a full dual layer BluRay.
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Exclusivity on their platform isn't the point - the lack of exclusivity on your platform is the point.
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But what I like is this:
I have an Xbox 360. Many people desire Final Fantasy XIII, GTA IV etc.
Microsoft makes it happen, that I, as a Microsoft customer, can play these games on their console.
Now I have the nice, warm and fuzzy feeling, that I own a games console where the manufacturer cares that I can play all the really hot games. And if they are originally PS3 exclusive, Microsoft goes great lenghts that they lose this exclusivity so I have the option to play them as well.
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"Not really. How many people who are fans of the Final Fantasy series would have a 360 but not a PS3? "
Lots, I think. If the only reason for owning a PS3 was for FF (as was in my case) then I wouldn't bother buying one until the game was out. I'm a huge fan of the FF games (I imported FF VI for the SNES, back in the day, and I've never looked back) but I also prefer the 360 to the PS3.
Why would I go out and spend £300 on a console to play FF XIII on when I've already got a console I can play it on? Does it make me more of a fan if I play it on a Sony console? How pretentious is that?
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Agrees 100%. Thank you, you saved me time typing.
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+1
If they really do re-make 7, and its exclusive, that would create a bit of a re-think
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Last time I've seen a chart about it, the PS3 sold only like 3 games per console, where as the 360 had 7 or 8 titels attached to each sold unit. Don't know if this are actual numbers, but it's not like the PS3 had a rush of great games recently.
So much for a "Global footprint"...
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Agrees 100%. Thank you, you saved me time typing too.
For the record I would have bought a PS3 at some point for FFXIII and a new Team Ico game. I'll probably be called liar though. =[
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Common sense says so. Do you have any?
And all of sudden I'm part of "the very select few". VIP ME, yeh!
And: " global footprint ... Sony ... dominate Japan ..."
???Nintendo anyone???
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Common sense says so. Do you have any? "
My common sense says your wrong. I dont need to prove this because its "common sense".
See what i did there
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That's a bit like saying "GTA-IV wasn't delayed because the PS3 version caused problems, it's because the X360 version was finished too early" !!!
I just love the way that these 'marketeers' think they can pull the wool over everyone's head!
Just admit it, you've lost FF's exclusivity to the PlayStation and now it's multi-platform, starting with X360.
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Not if the X360 version is the same but cheaper. This could well be a 'console shifting' killer app for Microsoft.
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Of course it did, as the 360 started off with a bigger number so it's obviously going to take more to reach the same percentage. It's pretty stupid to raise this as any kind of point.
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I don't really know what this guy could ever have said that people here would be happy with.
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And all of a sudden I'm apparently rich too!
Yeh X2.
Can't wait for one of the following posts to declares me pretty as well.
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What counts the most is that PS3 has already passed X360 in Europe and software sales for PS3 are much higher compared to software sales on the X360 in Europe. This gap will only continue to grow, the xbox fanboys are just scared and flood every PS3 article with their FUD. PS3 owners on the other hand are now comfortable with how things are, we see the quality of what we have and what's to come. While X360'ers can't stand that the PS3 goes from streangth to streangth, they cling to every negativ PS3 news they hear.
Get a life fanboys. The PS3 is here to stay, and it will only get better.
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It might not have mattered so much if the PS3 was cheaper than the Xbox 360 but it isn't, it's twice the price of its base model. That means that anyone wanting to play GTA IV, FFXIII and Devil May Cry 4 as well as 360 exclusives like Halo 3 and Gears of War 2 can buy an Xbox 360, save £150 and put that money toward buying the actual games. No matter how Sony spin it, the Xbox 360 has become a more attractive buy this year because of those games.
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Nope. What counts most is good games. The rest is nothing but clutter. It's called EuroGAMEr for a reason.
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+1
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Sony = fucking owned forever."
Said the biggest fanboy on these forums.
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You new here?
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For someone to dedicate what must be an extreme amount of time to spouting utter nonsense in defense of a company you have nothing to do with must take a very disturbed individual. With that in mind I think I'm going to have to put you on ignore for your own good.
What am I saying this is comedy gold, I haven't laughed so hard since MS announced FFXIII was coming to 360.
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BTW. I'm Norwegian, I have no connection to blig_merk if that's what you are insinuating.
For en gjeng med tapere!
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fucking hell, we've known for a while that you're a bit of a loon blig_merk, but that takes the biscuit. maybe you need to start reading what you're posting before you hit the post button to make sure it's not completely ridiculous...
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Anyway, I'll trade you back the next two FF's for a port of Uncharted. I'll throw in a couple more for LBP, what do you say?
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...and take that twat blig with you.
Exclusives sell consoles. 1 less exclusive = 1 less reason to buy that particular console.
FACT.
You can't deny that as you always use PS3 exclusives in your arguments. Yes, JP is the biggest FF market but the franchise has lots of fans in the rest of the world. I also don't give a fuck if you think me and everyone else is lying.
Now fuck off.
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"You X360 fanboys are still stuck complaining about the bad ports from last year. All the good multiplat games out in 2008 are just as good or better on the PS3"
I'm pretty sure I've already read that comment from Apologie, almost word to word, so, Dizzy, No, I don't think he's actually new here
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Maybe, people repeat the same things because that's what the see in these forums not because it's the same person.
You fucking guys can't get through your think heads that more than one person has a different opinion than your own xbox-loving opinions. Wake up!
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Dry your eyes Sony.
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MS is in your studios, stealin your exclusives! Get over it!
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Now, if you intend to get FFXIII, which console would you get it on and why?
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Now, if you intend to get FFXIII, which console would you get it on and why?"
How can anyone even say they're gonna buy a game that's not out til late 2009 or even 2010?
First I need to see if it's any good.
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- Trophies (I like them more than achievement points)
- I'd be getting the game on 1 BD, instead of 4-5 DVDs
- Maybe SE would allow for unlocking charaters or other stuff in FF XIII Versus, when you have a save-game or trophies from FF XIII.
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To be honest, I'll never understand 'sales figure fanboys'. I mean, gloating about your system of choice having the best games library is one thing. Gloating because it sells well is just strange imo. It's like a Ford Fiesta owner saying "Yeah, take that you fucking Veyron owners, my car soldz mor than yours init! BugattiLOL"
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I think Sony will counter this Microsoft move the same way they handled the GTA4 saga, release a bundle, possibly a price drop at the time of the game's release. That's probably why they're so cocky.
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While I agree that it's probably not worth SE releasing the game on 360 in jp, I don't think development costs would be a factor.
They'll have the jp text and audio from the PS3 version and the rest of the code from the rotw 360 version. Relatively speaking it would be a doddle to do.
I'm not sure how many of those 600k 360 owners would buy the game tbh. If 500k would buy it then it may well be worth their while. That's for them to decide although I suspect the potential profits from such a small install base would make it very easy for Sony to pay for jp exclusivity.
Given the price and number of JRPG's on the 360 it 'could' reach a point where people actually start buying the thing in decent numbers. Won't happen if FF is exclusive though.
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They'll have the jp text and audio from the PS3 version and the rest of the code from the rotw 360 version. Relatively speaking it would be a doddle to do. "
@SpaceMidget75
Well, that depends if they are developing the game on both platforms at the same pace and timeline. If not then that means the Jap PS3 version will be ready before the 360 version, who knows. Eternal Sonata didn't help, neither did Lost Oddesey. No use in flogging a dead horse.
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You jumped to defend your comment (fair enough) yet you didn't question who Apologie is, so allow me to remain skeptical...
Ooh, by the way, next time you are responding to me, please keep the swearing to yourself, will you?
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What's that sound? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's my next doors neighbours 360, I wonder what they're playing, maybe it's DMC4 or FFXIII or RE5 or one of the other "Sony exclusiveslol" (all with anti-aliasing, no jaggies and no forced install).
/fixed
The PS3 is the better blu-ray player, end of.
/fixed again
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"You jumped to defend your comment (fair enough) yet you didn't question who Apologie is, so allow me to remain skeptical...
Ooh, by the way, next time you are responding to me, please keep the swearing to yourself, will you?"
Well, I have no clue who or what Apologie is except for the meaning of the word, and I apologise for swearing in my response to you. I got a carried away and hot headed with this thread. I don't know why you many here question me being new to EG.
Guess the atmosphere here is more hostile than other places I visit on the web.
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I really hope that FFXIII *REQUIRES* an install on all platforms, because at least that way the game won't suffer from the limited range of baddies per-area that Lost Odyssey does. It's not a major problem, but anyone who's played a FF title in the past would have found the relative lack of variation in LO noticable.
Jesus, you're scraping that barrel so hard you have wood chips under your fingernails.
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BTW Apologie is one of the most vocal Sony defenders/fanboys (take your pick) here in Eurogamer, or at least was until recently when he stopped posting under that nick (but is suspected to return under another). He was very pro-Sony/anti-MS under all circumstances and he kept coping-pasting various passages found on the web to support *his* opinions.
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Thank you JonFE.
I'm not anti-MS, I think the X360 is a powerful console and has it's place just like the Wii and the PS3. I do not wish any of the 3 consoles to fail, the competition forces Sony and Microsoft to deliver more, better and faster.
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The US has a vast minority of the worlds population... they are just loud and obnoxious, so they tend to have their opinions heard.
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I am one of the "vast minority" who would have bought a PS3 for FFXIII if I had to - to play it.
Thing is I already have a PS3 beside an Xbox360. I'm still getting FFXIII for my 360 though, cos it's a better machine to play games on.
The PS3 is a very good Blu-Ray player and DVD upscaler. But it has a very small, and mostly unattractive catalog of games.
"Vast minority" - that's like, almost an oxymoron, isn't it?
Final Fantasy on 360 - there's another!
By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before
By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all
By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go.
Og kan du kutte ut med å snakke tull din nyrike PS3 ignoramus? Du skjemmer ut oss andre norske!
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Its no surprise Sony have made these comments, PR is basically putting a spin on things to put things in a more positive light for you and it seems for some of the elements of the SDF its worked. However anyone with any modicum of intelligence knows this is a big loss for Sony it would have given them a tonne of positive PR in the run up to its launch for a start.
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Isn't it stupid to decide this 1 to 1 1/2 year before the game is released, and you don't even know if it'll be any good. What about Final Fantasy XIII versus (if it still is exclusive at that time) and Final Fantasy VII remake, or God of War 3, or the ICO-team project? What about all the other PS3 exclusives like inFamous, Killzone 2, MAG, Little BIG Planet, Resistance 2, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, and other new ip's Sony may or may not reveal?
You have absolutley no arguements what so ever why you think the X360 is better for playing games? Is it the controller? Is it because you can play Halo 3 or GeoW? Games like Mass Effect and Bioshock are PS3 bound. Where is the massive list of X360 exclusive games that you're looking forward to? GeoW 2 and Fable 2? Two great looking titles btw. Please give credit where credit's due and don't dismiss thing just because you want to be fanboy or something.
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90% of multi platform titles are better on the 360. MS have (and probably will continue to) buy out most of Sony's important exclusive titles. The 360 doesn't force me to install games due to a slow drive more siuted to playing blu-ray movies.
It's all very well going on about how bright the future is for Sony, "Oh, but soon Resistance 2 and MotorStorm 2 will be out!!!", so what? What is actually out for the PS3 right now?
The 360 has the best range of fighters, racers, RPGs, JRPGs, FPSs, etc, out of all the 'next gen' systems at this moment in time. That may well change but with MS buying out pretty much anything of any importance Sony exclusive-wise, I don't see it.
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What on earth does HD caching have to do with forced 5 minute installs between each level and an initial forced install of 8 minutes? At least try to learn about the tech before you start spouting absolute shit you obviously know f-all about.
LO, did things in just the same way as most other JRPG's, i.e. a few different monsters in each area of the map. Only someone looking for a fault (in this regard) would find one. i.e. an insecure mule of Sony.
"Fuck off fanboy"
Lol, pot, kettle, etc, anyway this is a pretty good indication of your intellect, so perhaps I shouldn't bother with you...
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This is not true, there are still examples of a multiplatform games in 2008 that are better on the 360, but they are further and further apart. I could say that GTA-IV is better on PS3, less pop-up and better frame-rate, or Devil May Cry 4, Battlefield: Bad Company, Burnout Paradise, NCAA Football 09, Grid, and many more, all these games are almost identical on both systems. Like I've said, you have to move on from some of the bad early ports on the PS3.
"What is actually out for the PS3 right now? "
If you don't know then you should check it out, it's not hard, all the multiplat games are ofcourse out.
There have not been many exclusives worth mentioning other than Metal Gear Solid 4, but then again the X360 has had 0 exclsuives worth mentioning in 2008?
"The 360 has the best range of fighters, racers, RPGs, JRPGs, FPSs, etc, out of all the 'next gen' systems at this moment in time."
Well, yes, there are still more games available for the X360, as it should be since it released one year in advance.
You should stop talking like there are no games for the PS3, because all new games are now release for both PS3 and X360 and they are just as good on the PS3. First party titles will of course not be bought by Microsoft. I find it funny that Microsoft has to pay large amounts of money to get games on the X360 and they're not even made X360 exclusives, they pay for multiplatform support. At least Sony are building their own range of first party developers and putting money in to their own ip's. Microsoft is like the top 4 football teams in England, buy all the best foreign players and make a great team. It works but it's not very healthy or admirable, it would be nice if Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea, and to some extent MAN U, actually had english players. In the same way that it would be nice if MS stopped buying games from other companies and made some of their own for a change.
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It is more powerful"
Not true.
", has a larger and more varied games catalog,"
True.
"does not force installs"
True, but it's often more an advantage than a drawback. (eg. shorter load times in-game)
" has better loading times"
Not true. Several PS3 games have better load times, Oblivion and GTA IV comes to mind.
and does multiplat games better.
"Not true"
"Whether you prefer PS3 exclusive games or not it a separate issue. Personally I think 90% of PS3 exclusives are well below acceptable standards, as are the multiplats. "
Personally I think you come across as one of the biggest fanboys ever.
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Also 360 version has better frame rate,check Eurogamer frame rate measurements...
As for other games check Eurogamer vs articles,it might surprise you or not lol
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As I've found out EG is not the most trustworhty or unbiased place to check.
"As for other games check Eurogamer vs articles,it might surprise you or not lol "
Why not check IGN or even Gamespot, you'll get less biased articles and reviews, maybe you'll broaden your horizon a little bit in the process.
This is from IGN:
"For those wanting to know which version looks better, the edge goes to the PS3. The textures and framerate are comparable, but the PS3 has far less pop-in. The 360 has richer colors, but the PS3 has better anti-aliasing making it look a little cleaner. Because GTA IV can preload onto the PS3 hard drive, the in-game loads are faster. Don't worry Xbox owners, the load times are rarely more than 30 seconds and don't occur very often. The slight visual edge goes to PS3, but the 360 is no slouch. Either version will do you proud."
You X360 guys should get out a little more, fresh air and new impulses. EG is not the one and only gaming site guys, it's widely known that EG is pro X360.
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Go and read the EG face-off articles. The 360 wins hands down every single time. There are a few PS3 versions of games that equal their 360 counterparts, but it is literally only a few.
"Well, yes, there are still more games available for the X360, as it should be since it released one year in advance. "
Exactly, so you admit the 360 has the better games library, this surely obliterates your claim "You have absolutely no arguments what so ever why you think the X360 is better for playing games? " ....Erm, there's more of them to play and they are of an equal or higher quality.
"You should stop talking like there are no games for the PS3, because all new games are now release for both PS3 and X360 and they are just as good on the PS3."
No, not all of them are, in fact, most of them are not. I refer you once again to EGs 360 vs PS3 face-off articles.
Edit- Oh, I see we've gotten to the old 'EG is biased' chestnut... Zzzzzzz. If you feel the journalism here is bogus then feel free to visit another gaming site....
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Funny, in an earlier post of yours, you claim to be new to EG, so what are you talking about???
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I didn't say better, I said larger, I still don't want old games that were released the first year the X360 was out. Large games library doesn't automatically make the X360 the better gaming platform or? I think not, it's a great gaming platform as is the PS3. That's my opinion. You rabbid X360'ers seem to downplay the PS3 every chance you get, you're to scared to admit the PS3 also is a great gaming console.
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Widely known, doesn't mean within EGs own forums. It means in other forums, get it?
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Did you read the part from IGN?
Do you think EG has more cred than IGN?
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At the moment the 360 has the best -
Fighter - VF5 (online)
Racer - Forza 2
JRPG - Lost Odyssey
RPG - Mass Effect (or Oblivion which both systems have)
FPS - Gears of War.
This isn't my personal list of favourite games, but check metacritic/gamerankings and find me a PS3 game in each category that outscores it. You won't be able to.
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Aww FFS, is it really fuckin Headbog again? Jesus, doesn't that cretinous sock ever give up?
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As a PS3 owner I still have plenty of good games to play. I love these title:
Ratchet and Clank: ToD.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Heavenly Sword
Metal Gear Solid 4
Motorstorm
VF5 is also for the PS3, without online.
Even GT5 Prologue though it's very short.
I'm just saying if you own a PS3 you have plenty choice and also lots of cool stuff to look forward to.
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Thanks for the support blig_merk, I agree with your post.
Maybe it's that X360'ers are so nerdy that they have to disect every game and try to find something that is better on the X360 versjon so they can feel good and have some ammo in their war against the PS3?
I thought it sucked before when a EA sports game on the 360 ran at 60 fps and the PS3 version at 30 fps, those kind of big differences are a thing of the past. Now it's down to macro differences that no one really care about.
@des
"When IGN starts using Beyond3d as reference and develops good technique for measuring frame rates and AA,then they might be a good site for technical comparisons."
Do you realise how that sounds?
What about using your eyes, playing the game and rating the experience?
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"See, being selective about what you choose to compare is easy. "
I wasn't being 'selective', I just compared the main 'genres', i.e. Fighting, Racing, RPGs, etc. I freely admit that the PS3 has the lead in regards to action platormers like R&C/Uncharted, but that's its one and only saving grace. Lets go though the rest of the titles you mention.
Best third person shooter: MGS4 - Nope, it gets 94%. The same as Gears of War. (although I don't really see MGS as a 3rd person shooter tbh)
Best baseball sports game: MLB: The Game. - Nope, it's better on 360. PS3 scores 74%. 360 scores 79%.
Best ninja game: Ninja Gaiden Sigma. - LOL, it's a tarted up port of an old XBox game. It also scores lower than the original XBox versions which I can happily play in my 360.
So even with your silly selection, you still fail...
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Do fuck off you cretin.
We'll all buy PS3s in 2010 or whenever the Shadow / ICO sequel or God Of War III is released, or the console is reduced to below £199.
Happy now?
Fuck off then, and grow a brain while you're at it.
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"So neither is better then - so it can be down to preference, so how can you categorically state Gears is better?"
I didn't state Gears was better. I just said you wouldn't find a higher scoring game of the same genre on the PS3.... And you didn't...so..
"I meant MLB the Show - which scores 83 and is published by Sony, so again, you lose. "
83? So it doesn't score as well as the 360 version of Fight Night R3 then? So 360 still wins the Sports category then...
"Sigma has plenty that is not present in the XBOX version"
Listen, if you're happy playing 'remixed' five year old XBox1 titles that don't even better their originals, good for you. I already played the superior original versions many years ago on my XBox, so not really interested in Sigma, Glad you're enjoying tinkering away on it though, good for you...
Look, the PS3 has a few good exclusives, but like you admit in the ' Xbox 360 will outperform PS3 in software for years' thread, the 360 has well over double the amount of 90%+ scoring titles than the PS3 does. 12 for 360 (of which 4 are exclusive) and only 5 for the PS3 (of which only 1 is exclusive), right?
That says it all imo.
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Going backwards games which I would have got a PS3 for are:
Ace Combat - now 360 exclusive
Final fantasy - Multi
Devil May Cry - Multi
Metal Gear Solid - PS3 exclusive
Don't get me wrong there is other games I would consider when I do eventually buy a PS3 but the main reasons are no longer there, not just that to me one of the worse hits to the PS brand was the loss of capcom, don't get me wrong there were never officaially exclusive to the PS2 but near to it. Now some of the best games to come on the 360 are from them.
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That must mean that PS3 only owning folk must only play a total of 2 or 3 games, seeing as most of the good PS3 games (baring R&C, Uncharted & MGS4) can be played on the 360 as well and are in fact marginally better.
Look, two years ago, I would have agreed with you. When games like RE5, FFXIII, DMC4, GTAIV, etc were expected to be Sony exclusive, yeah, there would have been a reason to get a PS3 on the promise of all those hopefully great sequels to all those great PS2 games. MS has now bought out the majority of the must have 'Sony exclusives'. So really now it just comes down to whether you want a blu-ray player or not tbh...
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So what if Fight Night round 3 scores better (it's on the Ps3 too, and only scored lower because it was a year older) than MLBThe show - one is baseball, the other boxing. Why would someone interested in baseball games buy Fight Night?
Oh dear, we were discussing which system has the best games in each genre. I'm assuming you don't know what 'genre' means. I'll explain, both boxing and baseball are sports, hence fall under the 'sports' genre. Understand yet?
So what if Gears scores exactly the same as MGS4? One is a 3rd person shooter, the other a stealth shooter. They pley differently
LOL, exactly, so why did you tout MGS4 as the highest ranking '3rd person shooter' on metacritic? As I said in an earlier reply to you, I don't consider MGS4 a 3rd person shooter in the traditional sense.
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I know, it's headbog again, no one else is quite as retarded
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What is the point? You constantly contradict yourself and when you realise you've lost the argument you completely move the gaol posts to suit your views. Anyway, what you're now saying is, the 360 has the larger more varied games library with vastly more high scoring games and five times the amount of exclusives but you just want me to understand that there are people who would rather own a PS3 even though it's lost exclusivity to its main big hitters like FFXIII, DMC, RE5, etc, and is generally worse when it comes to multi-platform titles.
OK, point taken. There are Sony fanboys who will buy a Sony console even when there is little reason. OK, got it!
Sorry 'blig' but I really can't be bothered with you anymore. It's seriously getting boring man...
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